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Israels Response to PA Israel to bring in foreign building workers to replace Palestinians Reuters 4.2.24 Image Source: Wix Library Israel's government said on Sunday it would bring in 65,000 foreign workers from India, Sri Lanka and Uzbekistan to resume construction stalled since Oct. 7 when Palestinian workers were sent home in the wake of the attack on Israel by Hamas. Original Article Latest Understanding Abbas’s Decision to Appoint Rawhi Fattouh as His Successor Read More Palestinian Authority insult: “The white and racist majority” elected Trump Read More Palestinian Authority teaches kids to admire suicide bomber who murdered 21 Read More Read More

Analysis Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM) Weekly: May 4-11, 2024 MEMRI TV 11.5.24 Image Source: The Tulkarm Brigade, an amalgamation of fighters from various affiliations, emerged in January 2024, according to the Iranian Tasnim News Agency. (Tasnim) The following are some of this week's reports from the MEMRI Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM) Project, which translates and analyzes content from sources monitored around the clock, among them the most important jihadi websites and blogs. Original Article Latest Understanding Abbas’s Decision to Appoint Rawhi Fattouh as His Successor Read More Palestinian Authority insult: “The white and racist majority” elected Trump Read More Palestinian Authority teaches kids to admire suicide bomber who murdered 21 Read More Read More

Analysis We need to face up to the scale of the axis against Israel The Jewish Chronicle 17.1.24 Image Source: idf website There is onslaught against Israel and the Jews from an unholy alliance between extremist Muslims, the left and the political class, and we need to start taking the fight to them Original Article Latest Understanding Abbas’s Decision to Appoint Rawhi Fattouh as His Successor Read More Palestinian Authority insult: “The white and racist majority” elected Trump Read More Palestinian Authority teaches kids to admire suicide bomber who murdered 21 Read More Read More

Analysis Hamas Built Tunnels Beneath My Family’s Home in Gaza. Now It Lies in Ruin Time 13.2.24 Image Source: IDF website It’s been seven years since I escaped my embattled city of Gaza and came to the U.S. On Thanksgiving, my mother sent me a photo of a felled 16-ft. tree in southern Gaza, where my family has been sheltering these last weeks. Original Article Latest Understanding Abbas’s Decision to Appoint Rawhi Fattouh as His Successor Read More Palestinian Authority insult: “The white and racist majority” elected Trump Read More Palestinian Authority teaches kids to admire suicide bomber who murdered 21 Read More Read More

Analysis Spotlight on the Israel-Palestinian Conflict (September 10 – 17 , 2024) The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center (ITIC) 18.9.24 Image Source: The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center (ITIC) IDF operations in Gaza targeted Hamas' facilities, destroying 80% of tunnels and collapsing the Rafah Brigade. Meanwhile, Hamas negotiations continued regarding hostages, and a senior Hamas leader proposed a consensus government post-war. Original Article The southern arena : IDF forces continued their activities in the southern and central Gaza Strip, including attacks on Hamas facilities operating in civilian compounds. The IDF announced the collapse of Hamas’ Rafah Brigade and the destruction of 80% of all the tunnels on the Philadelphi Axis. Two IDF soldiers were killed and seven injured in a helicopter crash. The hostages and the ceasefire agreement : Hamas held talks with the mediators from Egypt and Qatar, stating it adhered to the outline agreed upon on July 2, 2024 and would not accept new demands from Israel. The situation in the Gaza Strip : The first phase of the drive to vaccinate Gazan children against polio ended and 90% of all children have received the first dose. In coordination with Israel, more than a hundred sick and wounded Palestinians were evacuated for treatment outside the Gaza Strip. Hamas published letters sent by Yahya al-Sinwar, head of the Hamas political bureau in the Gaza Strip, for the first time since he took office. “The day after:” A senior Hamas figure stated that the movement was interested in having a Palestinian national consensus government manage the Gaza Strip after the war, adding that the organizations would hold a meeting to promote a common vision. Israel, Judea and Samaria : This past week Palestinians carried out two terrorist attacks; an IDF soldier was killed. The Israeli security forces continued their counterterrorism activities throughout Judea and Samaria. Palestinian Authority (PA) : The PA representative to the UN attended a General Assembly session, following the upgrading of the status of the “State of Palestine.” Latest Understanding Abbas’s Decision to Appoint Rawhi Fattouh as His Successor Read More Palestinian Authority insult: “The white and racist majority” elected Trump Read More Palestinian Authority teaches kids to admire suicide bomber who murdered 21 Read More Read More

PA Breaches of the Oslo Accords Oct. 7 Hamas terrorists were “summarily executed” by Israel, as per Al-Haq “human rights” organization’s wild accusation PMW 6.12.23 Image Source: A Palestinian NGO pretending to fight for “human rights” – but designated in Israel as a terror organization due to its affiliation with the PFLP terror organization – has raised concerns about how the Hamas terrorists who invaded Israel on Oct. 7 and committed a massacre were treated by the Israelis! Original Article Latest Understanding Abbas’s Decision to Appoint Rawhi Fattouh as His Successor Read More Palestinian Authority insult: “The white and racist majority” elected Trump Read More Palestinian Authority teaches kids to admire suicide bomber who murdered 21 Read More Read More

Israels Response to PA Netanyahu: Israel Rejects International Diktats on Final-status Solution With the Palestinians Haaretz 16.2.24 Image Source: Israeli Government Website In response to reports in WaPo regarding a plan to implement the two-state solution, Israel's PM says unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state would be a 'huge prize for terror' Original Article Latest Understanding Abbas’s Decision to Appoint Rawhi Fattouh as His Successor Read More Palestinian Authority insult: “The white and racist majority” elected Trump Read More Palestinian Authority teaches kids to admire suicide bomber who murdered 21 Read More Read More

IPAAR The PLO-PA-Iranian Terror Alliance Maurice Hirsch 16.4.24 Image Source: The Dome of the Rock atop the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City, with the lights of missile interceptions visible in the night sky, after Iran fired ballistic missiles at Israel. (Times of Israel, Social media/X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law) The silence of the Palestinian leadership in the face of the Iranian missile attack on Israel is further proof that the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is again aligning itself with the enemies of Israel and the West. Original Article The silence of the Palestinian leadership in the face of the Iranian missile attack on Israel is further proof that the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is again aligning itself with the enemies of Israel and the West. Even as Israel was joined by an international coalition, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Jordan, and others, to repel the attack, the Palestinian leadership chose to remain quiet. There was no condemnation of the attack that could have just as easily killed Palestinians as it could Jews. There was even no condemnation of the missiles fired toward Jerusalem and the Temple Mount. In 1991, when Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait and attacked Israel, Yasser Arafat and the PLO cheered him on. Initially, the result was disastrous for the Palestinian cause. The PLO had reinforced its image as a terrorist organization, and Yasser Arafat became an international pariah. In the aftermath, when Kuwait was liberated, the Kuwaitis expelled hundreds of thousands of Palestinians. Then, deus ex machina, along came Ron Pundak, Yair Hirschfeld, Yossi Beilin, and their patron, Shimon Peres, to pull the terrorists from the depths of despair with their new Oslo process. The PLO was meant to renounce terror and accept Israel’s right to exist. But in truth, having been thrown a lifeline, the PLO leadership used the Oslo Accords as a means to establish a forward beachhead west of the Jordan River from which they would continue their terror attacks. Warring Sunni and Shiite Islam Unite on One Thing Within Islam, the Sunnis and the Shiites have been killing each other for 1,400 years. But when it came to the destruction of Israel, even these fundamental gaps were bridged when the Shiite Ayatollahs adopted the deceptive approach of the Sunni PLO. One of the most significant expressions of that partnership was the 2002 Karine A affair, a ship full of weapons intercepted by the IDF. At the time, the PLO and the PA were at the height of the terror war initiated by Arafat after he rejected the Clinton-Barak peace deal. To wage the war, the Palestinians needed weapons. Arafat sent his long-time confidant, Fouad Shubaki, to Tehran to secure support. The Iranians donated 50 tons of weapons. All Arafat had to do was purchase the ship – the Karine A – to transport the arsenal. When IDF commandoes boarded the ship in the Red Sea, the Ramallah-Tehran connection was exposed for all to see. In 2014, the IDF intercepted yet another huge Iranian shipment of arms and two million kilograms of cement on board the Klos-C , this time destined for Hamas in Gaza. October 7 Alliance of Terror Fast forward to the October 7, 2023, massacre when Hamas terrorists from Gaza launched the deadliest assault on the Jewish people since the Holocaust. Terrorists belonging to PA Chairman’s Fatah were also involved in the October 7 attack, as shown in this screen grab from the attack on Kibbutz Nahal Oz. Note the yellow Fatah headband. Israel responded with crushing force not only in Gaza but also against the resurgent Palestinian terrorists in Judea and Samaria. Iran responded by activating its proxies in Lebanon (Hizbullah) and Yemen (the Houthis), attacking Israel from the north and the south. As the fighting raged on different fronts, in March 2024, the IDF intercepted yet another substantial Iranian weapons cache destined for the Fatah – i.e., PLO/PA – terrorists in Judea and Samaria. Officials affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, linked to the Quds Force in Syria, were the masterminds of the operation. Shortly after, Israel targeted and killed the IRGC Quds Force commander, Mohammad Reza Zahedi, who was reportedly responsible for the unit’s operations in Syria and Lebanon. Glorifying their dead commander, a mouthpiece for the Iranian regime added that Zahedi had been involved in the planning and execution of the October 7 massacre. 1 In response to the assassination, on the evening of April 13, Iran launched an unprecedented attack, firing 185 drones, 36 cruise missiles and 110 surface-to-surface missiles at Israel. The Iranian attack put the PLO/PA in an awkward position. On the one hand, the longstanding PLO/PA/Hamas relationship with the Iranian Ayatollahs, who have devotedly supplied the terrorists with weapons and training, meant that the PLO/PA leadership would not join the international coalition fighting the Iranian axis of terror for fear of annoying their terror patrons. On the other hand, the PLO/PA is trying to prove (without any factual basis) that it has embarked on the revitalization process required by the Biden administration. While the PLO/PA wants to enjoy U.S. legitimacy, the fact of the matter is that they support the Iranian aggression. The PLO/PA, on this issue, is no different from Hamas and the other Palestinian terror groups, all of whom, like Iran, seek Israel’s destruction. As in the first Gulf War, the Iranian attack should be a watershed moment for the PLO/PA. Either the Palestinian leadership stands with the international coalition, or it stands with the axis of evil. There is no middle ground. In the same way, as the PLO/PA has never condemned the October 7 massacre, the PLO/PA’s failure to condemn the Iranian attack is not indicative of indifference but instead of real, palpable support that should carry real consequences. The writer is the Director of the Initiative for Palestinian Authority Accountability and Reform in the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs and served for 19 years in the IDF Military Advocate-General Corps. In his last position, he served as director of the Military Prosecution in Judea and Samaria. Latest Understanding Abbas’s Decision to Appoint Rawhi Fattouh as His Successor Read More Palestinian Authority insult: “The white and racist majority” elected Trump Read More Palestinian Authority teaches kids to admire suicide bomber who murdered 21 Read More Read More

Analysis Iran's New Plan: Lost Gaza, So Take West Bank Gatestone 5.9.24 Image Source: Photo by Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP via Getty Images Iran’s support for Hamas in the West Bank is growing, raising concerns over the increasing influence of Iranian-backed terrorism and destabilization efforts in the region, threatening both Israel and Palestinian authority stability. Original Article The article argues that Iran is expanding its influence in the West Bank by supporting Hamas and other armed groups after losing control of Gaza. These groups, which oppose both Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA), aim to create a new terror front in the West Bank. Israel's recent military operations are designed to counter this threat. The article also criticizes the PA for its failure to dismantle these groups, which compromises its own authority and security. Iran’s growing influence endangers both regional stability and Palestinian governance. For more details, visit [Gatestone Institute](https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/20918/iran-hamas-west-bank). Latest Understanding Abbas’s Decision to Appoint Rawhi Fattouh as His Successor Read More Palestinian Authority insult: “The white and racist majority” elected Trump Read More Palestinian Authority teaches kids to admire suicide bomber who murdered 21 Read More Read More

PA Breaches of the Oslo Accords Palestinian Officials Defend Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Remarks On Holocaust And Jews Memri TV 21.9.23 Image Source: Remarks made by PA President Mahmoud Abbas at the 11th session of Fatah's Revolutionary Council, on August 24, 2023, sparked outrage across the world. Abbas said that Hitler fought the European Jews because they engaged in usury and not out of antisemitism, adding that European Jews are not Semites but descendants of the Khazars. Original Article Latest Understanding Abbas’s Decision to Appoint Rawhi Fattouh as His Successor Read More Palestinian Authority insult: “The white and racist majority” elected Trump Read More Palestinian Authority teaches kids to admire suicide bomber who murdered 21 Read More Read More

PA Breaches of the Oslo Accords IDF reservist stabbed, moderately wounded by Palestinian in West Bank gas station Times of Israel 17.12.23 Image Source: Stabber, named as Rami Hamze Ballut, said to be resident of town of Rantis who identified with Hamas and held a work permit for an Israeli settlement Original Article Latest Understanding Abbas’s Decision to Appoint Rawhi Fattouh as His Successor Read More Palestinian Authority insult: “The white and racist majority” elected Trump Read More Palestinian Authority teaches kids to admire suicide bomber who murdered 21 Read More Read More

PA Breaches of the Oslo Accords Does the Palestinian Leadership Represent All Palestinians? JCPA 3.7.24 Image Source: JCPA Website This article examines whether the Palestinian leadership genuinely represents the diverse interests and voices of all Palestinians, highlighting internal divisions and varying perspectives within the Palestinian community. Original Article The article "Does the Palestinian Leadership Represent All Palestinians?" on the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs website discusses the representational challenges of the Palestinian leadership, particularly the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Key points include: Internal Divisions : There is significant opposition within the Palestinian community, especially from Hamas, which rejects the PA's authority and negotiations with Israel. This internal conflict highlights the fragmentation of Palestinian political representation. Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad : This group claims that the PA and PLO do not represent the interests of Palestinians living outside the Palestinian territories. They advocate for resistance against Israel and reject the Oslo Accords. Corruption and Governance Issues : The PA faces accusations of corruption and nepotism, which undermine its legitimacy and effectiveness in representing Palestinians. Many Palestinians have lost faith in the PA's ability to govern and address their needs. Arab States' Stance : While some Arab countries outwardly support Palestinian rights, their actions often reveal a strategic alliance with Israel, primarily to counter threats from Iran and extremist groups like ISIS. This dual approach adds to the complexity of the Palestinian leadership's position. Future Leadership : The ongoing power struggle between the PA and Hamas, particularly in the Gaza Strip, complicates efforts to establish a unified Palestinian leadership. Both factions vie for the support of influential clans and the broader Palestinian community. For more details, you can read the full article on the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs website . Latest Understanding Abbas’s Decision to Appoint Rawhi Fattouh as His Successor Read More Palestinian Authority insult: “The white and racist majority” elected Trump Read More Palestinian Authority teaches kids to admire suicide bomber who murdered 21 Read More Read More